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CCM2 gene polymorphisms in Italian sporadic patients with cerebral cavernous malformation: a case-control study.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Jun 2012
D'Angelo Rosalia, Scimone Concetta, Rinaldi Carmela, Trimarchi Giuseppe, Italiano Domenico, Bramanti Placido, Amato Aldo, Sidoti Antonina
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular lesions of the CNS characterized by abnormally enlarged capillary cavities that can occur sporadically or as a familial autosomal dominant condition with incomplete penetrance and variable clinical expression attributable to mutations in three different genes: CCM1 (Krit1), CCM2 (MGC4607) and CCM3 (PDCD10). Among our group of CCM Italian patients, we selected a...
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